1989, a second yearbook made possible by the LEF Foundation, was published on 

 September 1, 1990. 



November 



Research: The first astronomical detection of submillimeter-wave radiation from water 

 masers in star-forming regions of our galaxy was announced by Smithsonian 

 Astrophysical Observatory scientists who used the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on 

 Mauna Kea, Hawaii, for this observation of "hot water" in space. 



November 



Automated Circulation: The Smithsonian Institution Libraries introduced automated 

 circulation to its branch at the National Air and Space Museum. This year automated 

 circulation was added in four branches, bringing to eight the number of locations now 

 using the automated system. 



November 



Video Project: The Office of Telecommunications completed four pilot programs for the 

 Natural History Updates series of videotapes to be shown in the National Museum of 

 Natural History rotunda. 



November 



Milestone: Amelia Earhart, by Doris L. Rich, became the first Smithsonian Institution 

 Press book to be reviewed on the front page of the New York Times Book Review. Dell 

 Publications later won the auction for rights to publish a paperback version of the book. 



November 



Research: Discovery of the largest single coherent structure ever seen in nature— a thin 

 sheet of galaxies stretching more than a half-billion light-years across space— was 

 announced by two Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory astronomers in Science 

 magazine as part of their long-term project to construct three-dimensional maps of the 

 universe. 



November 



Acquisition: A nineteenth-century throne of the Hehe peoples of Tanzania, carved in the 

 form of a female torso, was a major gift to the National Museum of African Art. 



November 1 



Acquisition: Heading a distinguished list of acquisitions for the year, Henry Moore's 

 Stringed Figure No. 1, 1937, one of the British artist's most admired early masterworks, 



